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Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life, I find. - John F. Kennedy My words fly up, my thoughts remain below; Words without thoughts never to heaven go. - William Shakespeare I can't believe that God plays dice with the universe. - Albert Einstein If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. - Mother Teresa Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing. - Winston Churchill Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once. - Winston Churchill

Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf.

- Lewis Mumford | America and Americans Quotes

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

- Lewis Mumford | Greatness Quotes

One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

- Lewis Mumford | Intelligence Quotes

Life is the only art that we are required to practise without preparation, and without being allowed the preliminary trials, the failures and botches, that are essential for the training of a mere beginner.

- Lewis Mumford | Life Quotes

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

- Lewis Mumford | Revolution and Reform Quotes

Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation, and without being allowed the preliminary trials, the failures and botches, that are essential for the training of a mere beginner.

- Lewis Mumford | Decisions Quotes

The last step in parental love involves the release of the beloved; the willing cutting of the cord that would otherwise keep the child in a state of emotional dependence.

- Lewis Mumford | Family Quotes

The artist has a special task and duty; the task of reminding men of their humanity and the promise of their creativity.

- Lewis Mumford | Applause Quotes

Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thinking absurdly about them.

- Lewis Mumford | Lighten up Quotes